Watford are averaging 2.2 yellow cards per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 4.3 cards on average. That puts them 3rd of 24 for total cards per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player booking-rate forecasts, the matchup risk read for the upcoming fixture against Swansea, a profile of referee Edward Duckworth, and a full match-by-match log.
Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each Watford player's yellow cards per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), plus their hit-rate over the last six appearances and current bookmaker odds to be carded.
Matchup risk blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the defender's underlying card rate (20%). Scores above 0.7 are flagged high risk, 0.4–0.7 medium and below 0.4 low.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz. Player odds are taken from Bet365 player markets when priced. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their booking rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.
Yellow cards are inherently noisy — we surface signal (form, matchup, referee profile, market price), not certainties. Use the booking-rate table and matchup risk as inputs, not guarantees.
Yes. The referee profile module shows the assigned official's average yellows per match this season alongside their season fouls and red-card rate so you can adjust expectations for the upcoming fixture.
| Player | Position | Apps | Yellow cards | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imrân Louza | midfielder | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 80% |
| Nestory Irankunda | attacker | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 60% |
| James Abankwah | defender | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Mattie Pollock | defender | 9 | 3 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Edoardo Bove | midfielder | 7 | 2 | 0.29 | 29% |
| Iker Bravo | attacker | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Othmane Maamma | attacker | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Hector Kyprianou | midfielder | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Martín Payero | midfielder | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Amin Nabizada | attacker | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Kévin Keben | defender | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| Mamadou Doumbia | attacker | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| Edo Kayembe | midfielder | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Luca Kjerrumgaard | attacker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Egil Selvik | goalkeeper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Nampalys Mendy | midfielder | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Giorgi Chakvetadze | midfielder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Marc Bola | defender | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Federico Ravaglia | goalkeeper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Omar Traoré | defender | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Saba Goglichidze | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jérémy Pétris | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Kwadwo Baah | attacker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jeremy Ngakia | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jordan Zemura | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team yellow cards | Opposition yellow cards | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | West Ham United | Home | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Peterborough United | Home | 1-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 22 Aug 2026 | Wrexham | Away | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Southampton | Home | 2-1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Crawley Town | Home | 1-0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2 May 2026 | Coventry City | Home | 0-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Middlesbrough | Away | 5-1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 21 Apr 2026 | West Bromwich Albion | Away | 3-0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 18 Apr 2026 | Sheffield United | Home | 0-2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 11 Apr 2026 | Oxford United | Away | 2-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |